Remember back when I was five, I seen my grandmother's prideCare-taking for friends and watched a couple dieGrew attached to how you love and what you had insideNever held your tongue, wasn't lettin' nothing slideLearned early that you gotta give credit where it's dueWho better to start with, I gotta start with youAll them days when you was sick and hustling us all to schoolCharacter and confidence, you gave us all the toolsGot a whooping if we need it but thinking how we was treatedYou saw something in us way before we could've seen itAll them long ties with the cousins out the phoenixEverybody got in trouble when they laughed at me for beingBoy I couldn't do wrong, that's how you made me feelWhen I ain't made grades, you saved me from getting killedRemember bringing you the bags where you carried all your pillsMy parents separated; you was loving me for realThank you Granny

Say your prayers, be for realYou know I am so proud of you, keep your head upYou know I'm watching over you in the sunshineYou know I'm watching over you in the sunshineI want you to be a man, stay trueDon't let nobody get over you, be for realYou know I'm watching over you in the sunshineI'm watching over you in the sunshine

What the Ds and Fs stand for? Doing fine?What yo little ass know about grind?You make money at night but with the son you gon' really shineYou gon' get rich just rich for timeYou start selling with the mess, you coming down mixed upInterrogations, that's when your friends gon' switch upIf you Kobe, why deal with the ground beef?That's a problem on the street, just ask dudes, everybodyYou ain't make that team, but can't hate itWe all learn from that, then little Shad made itZach is still scrambling, Dre is still stackingDerek fixing the whips and Ralph making it happenThe boat going down with the captainLead by example they really watching your actionsConversations with my girlfriend yeahThem talks saved me man, I hella love her

Say your prayers, be for realYou know I miss a part of you, keep your head upYou know I'm watching over you in the sunshineYou know I'm watching over you in the sunshineI want you to be a man, stay trueDon't let nobody get over you, be for realYou know I'm watching over you in the sunshineI'm watching over you in the sunshine

To the villains that raised me little knuckleheadI ain't got nowhere to go that was enough saidIt was chili, spaghetti, pasta, and ribsEverybody got their plate but that ain't chip inWhen it was Christmas, a man put my name in a hat, made me feel a part of something, I was thankful for thatWhen it was late you tell me, I knew where the blankets was atIt mean that you got right to the backI be like, "Hey it's me"When I came in hella lit and nobody ever understood what Abby saidBut you always felt the love and just nod your headBelieve the greasy, you always saidYou cosign with thatAnd when the heater broke, he left the stove on that matYou always kept it 100 I was on my hypeYou left the door unlocked and it saved me life

Say your prayers, be for realYou know I miss a part of you, keep your head upYou know I'm watching over you in the sunshineYou know I'm watching over you in the sunshineI want you to be a man, stay trueDon't let nobody get over you, be for realYou know I'm watching over you in the sunshineI'm watching over you in the sunshine

You original Clarence Street, nobody can compareUsed to make us drop down and say the Lords prayerbecame the routine we did it when you wasn't thereI quit basketball, you told me "Show 'em you ain't scared"Gave me that inner faith, gave me nothin' to fearThen I went and got Defensive Player of the Year"Treat people how you wanna be treated," that was your sloganI love that wrestling and you bought me that Hulk HoganStill watching people kids, still cooking dinnerFoundation strong 'cause it's you that's in the centerToo many acts of kindness you doin' with no agendaHalf blinded, one eye with a great set of antennasTold me I could probably catch a fish with yo hook hatDrink some alcohol you was telling me I look deadI was in the wrong you said you wouldn't tell my mamaAin't nothin' like a person that can always keep a promise

Say your prayers, be for realYou know I miss a part of you, keep your head upYou know I'm watching over you in the sunshineYou know I'm watching over you in the sunshineI want you to be a man, stay trueDon't let nobody get over you, be for realYou know I'm watching over you in the sunshineI'm watching over you in the sunshine